Monthly Archives: April 2025

Arts & Literature, Books, Magazines, Opinion, Reviews

Books: Literary Review – April 2025 Preview

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LITERARY REVIEW (April 1, 2025): The April 2025 issue features ‘Henry James Goes West’; Russia’s Secret Wars’ Josephine Baker Uncovered; Besotted With Blake and Tale of Two America’s…

Tinker, Tailor, Sleeper, Troll

The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West By Shaun Walker

The Restless Analyst

Henry James Comes Home: Rediscovering America in the Gilded Age By Peter Brooks

On Writers and Writing: Selected Essays By Henry James (Edited by Michael Gorra)

Merger or Acquisition?

Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America By Russell Shorto

News, Newspapers, Opinion, Politics

The New York Times – Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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Marine Le Pen Falls to the Rule of Law and a Great Battle Looms

A court’s conviction of the far-right leader for embezzlement and its ban on her running for office have set off a new crisis for France.

Putin Keeps Pushing, With Trump and on the Battlefield

The Russian leader’s drones are deluging Ukrainian cities, while his negotiating tactics test the patience of the friendliest White House he has faced in decades.

A NATO Plane’s Busy Duty: Tracking (and Dodging) Russia in the Baltic Sea

The assignment was part of a new program aimed at suspected Russian sabotage. None has occurred since NATO began patrols.

Tariff Gambit Bets Americans Will Swallow Higher Prices

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argues that the American dream is about more than cheap televisions, but inflation-weary consumers might disagree.